SCIENCE AND VISUALIZATION

A Series on Scientific Software

Edward Friedman

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Hua Chen's article "Matlab: A Powerful Tool in Scientific Computing" is the first in a series that will describe scientific software available to the research community at New York University on ACF computing systems.

Matlab is probably the most widely known software system because it is relatively easy to learn and use and it is available on systems ranging from desktop microcomputers to workstations to high-performance parallel multiprocessors. It also provides toolboxes which are tuned to specialized areas in science and engineering.

In future issues of Connect, software used for molecular modeling, imaging, and signal processing will be featured with an emphasis on how instructors and researchers employ them. [ C ]

Edward Friedman was the ACF Associate Director for Scientific Computing and Visualization at the time of this article's publication.
{edward.friedman@nyu.edu}

Posted 23 October 1996